22 October 1943 Part 1

22 October 1943 Channel Islands Sea Defence diary

Weather: wind 180°, 5 m/sec. St Aubin lower light, Jersey, was operational again. At about 19:00 Casquets engaged two hostile Whirlwind aircraft which passed from south to north at an altitude of 80 metres and a distance of 15 hectometres. Ammunition expenditure: nineteen 2-cm rounds.

One hit was observed on the fuselage. There was no enemy counter-action. From 19:37 to 20:00 Army Coastal Battery 353, Guernsey, conducted autumn calibre-practice firing at a fast-towed target with searchlight illumination. Ammunition expenditure: forty 10.5-cm rounds. No malfunctions occurred.

T-1022 Roll 2422, scans 0711–0712.